Jobs of Tomorrow Technology and the Future of the Worlds Largest Workforces 2025

AGRICULTURE OTHER MANUFACTURING WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE CONSTRUCTION TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS HEALTHCARE Lower-middle Low Upper-middle Upper-middle High Lower-middle Low Upper-middle Lower-middle High Low Lower-middle Upper-middle High Low Upper-middle Lower-middle High High Upper-middle Upper-middle Lower- middle High High Lower-middle Upper- middle BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENTSource: International Labour Organization (ILO). (2023). ILO Modelled Estimates (ILOEST database).Large global workforces 2 Seven major job families face distinct technological transformation, with varied global impacts. This white paper focuses on seven job families that comprise the world’s largest workforces and where impacts are likely to be greatest: agriculture, manufacturing, construction, business and management, wholesale and retail trade, transport and logistics, and healthcare. Collectively, these workforces make up almost 80% of the world’s workers, with differing concentrations across economies at different income levels, as shown in Figures 1 and 2. The following section discusses characteristics of these workforces and assesses the opportunities and challenges created by the accelerated application of the four workforce- transforming technologies identified in Chapter 1. Job family size by economy income level FIGURE 1 Jobs of Tomorrow: Technology and the Future of the World’s Largest Workforces 7